A missions lunch will be held at Annual Conference on Thursday, June 11, at Noon at Trinity UMC on Market Street. During the lunch, which is open to anyone who has an interest in the missional activities of the UMC, a number of missioners will be presenting 5-minute vignettes of their ministry. Missionary speakers will include:
Jim and Bernice Keech, GBGM missionaries assigned to the SEJ
Marchakelti McKenzie, a young adult missioner from our Conference working in Mobile, AL
Regine Jean-Baptiste, the head of Lighthouse Lands in Haiti
Kristen Brown, a GBGM missionary in Israel/Palestine
Bishop John Yambasu from Sierra Leone and Nancy Robinson a GBGM missionary stationed in that country
Linda Mitchell, a member of Epworth UMC in Durham that is a Long-term Mission Volunteer in Haiti and other countries
We will also hear from Deaconesses and Home Missioners of the NC Conference
Lunch will be catered by Angie’s of Chris’ of Restaurant of Wilmington and will cost $9 for each participant. All are welcomed to come, but please reserve a spot by May 22 for the lunch by emailing Kathy Duncan at kduncan@nccumc.org or by calling her at the Office of Outreach Ministry – 919-779-6115 ext 256.